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R. S. KNODE.

ATOMIZER.

Patented; Mar. 12 1889.

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iUNllTEiii .t Arms PATENT Grin-CE.

ROBERT S. KNUDE, Oi FORT \Vi YNlC, INDIANA, ASHl GNUh (ll ()NlC-llALl 'lt) EPdIllEiT l Slvlili. til SAME PLACE.

ATOW'HZER.

SPECIFIOATIQN forming part: of Letters Patent No. 399,539, dated March 12, 1889.

Serial No. 287,339. No model.)

Application filed October 4, 1888.

To aZZ art/mm 1'1. 711111, concern..-

Be it known that. l, ROBERT S. KNUDE, a citizen of the l'nited States, residing at. Fort ls'ayne, in the eountyot' Allen, in the State 01'.

5 Ind iana, have invented certain new and useful Improveinenth in Atoznizers; and I doherehy declare that the following in a full, Cl(*1l,fllltl (XKll(lOSCIlPllUll oi' the invention, which will enahle others skilled in the art to which it ap- IO pertains to make and use the some, reference heing had to the zu'eoinpzinying drawings, which form part of thin specification.

My invention relates to iiupr weinents in atoniiz-ers or apparatus for sprayingtor use 25 principally in the treatment oi" nasal, ear, and

throat diseases; and the ohjeet of my im-:

IlIOVBlllQ'ltfl into provide an iiwt'ruinent which can easily he made to eject spraytroni the nozzle in anydircetiou retpsiretl h the operator, 3

thus avoidingtheuueot' diti'erent iii-"3111211101115 or the neeessity oi withdrawing the-instrument to change the nozzle. lath-tin these ohjmate. hy the oscof the mechanism illustrated in the ;1 ,eoiupuurine .lHLiHil in whirh-- i-igure 1 shows aside olemtion in" one Form of npporzrtuh illustrating one feature of my in'iprovenicn Fig. 2 ion sidoelevzition of an apparatus illustrating u preferable co mtruct'ion. Fig. is a side elevation of apparatus when ureed with a hottle or other receptacle not :it tnched to t he mipnruhle connecting-tuhe. Fig. l in an end View of Fig. i. Fig. 2 is lit end View ol l ig. 2, section being made on the line .11 hi L is an end View of Fig. '13

from the other direction; and lrigj. l is an end view ol Fig. i as seen from the lot'tduind end.

Similar letters refer to n 'nilzir parts. 'ihe tuhefi the eonfinon i' .uhe need in all spraying apparatus.

tilt} tulle ll in the liuuid'lulw which conveys the fluid to the nozzle ol' the air-tube, the two lining suit- ;ihly l'nfileued to ench other. This lhpiid-tuhe l; ilEtH lmrct-olore lzt'tl connected directl to the cup or other \'('.\7-'(3l eonlziining' the supply ol' lluid to used.

in ill) improvement: l molten r-sepnrnte connection hj, tft)li.ill'litji.ii2,{ on this sopplytuho ii :i sleeve or eollnr, c. lizivi an open orifice fit the end (I; or the lithe. l) he made 5Q larg r ii that end, into which 1 fit .hc end of a connecting-tuhe, l), sutliciently tight toprevent leaka with its connections, to be rotated ge, while permitting the tube A, upon it.

The other end of the eonnce ling-Lulu: l) is at tached to the cup t, which contains the liquid to be sprayed.

receptacle Fig. i, or 1 tzichinent nmyhe permanent, as shown in Figs.

fund 2; or

the end f may he lengthened, :18

shown in Fig. 3, and inserted in any suitizihle vessel, E, containing liquid to he used. This connecting tube may he made straight helween thetuhe l3 and the cup (f, as v\hown in Fig.1, in

'hieh (use the nir-tuheA is bent in the form shown, so as to permit; the rotation ol' the airtuhe A around the tube 1), while the cup (I is held in on uprightposition; hut

a prot'ei'zihl 0 mode of construction, involving:

anot her i'cnt ure ol'in v improvelnents, is shown in Fig. 2.

The eonnectilur-tuhe l) is construcled with two curves, one at. right angles,

the part. in

a side our\' The purpose of this curve is to containing to rapill its connection sorted in tlursleevec, and theolher e, as shown in Figs. 2, and I).

rmst'ruction of a side permit the (-up (I or other liquidressel to he held upright, soasnot contents when the tube A, withits V gin rotated so far around the tube l) as to throw the nozzle (L of the air-tube A vstraight down, eoineidine with the line of gravity. tube A to The side curve then permits the he directl over the tube 13, 51

shown in Figs. 2, 2, and :3.

\Yhere it tlo or other construetei .is desired to use fluids from :Lhotreceptacle, the connecting-tube I), l with two curves, its described,

with its end f suitably lengthened, an shown ,in Fig. I),

the end cl) used selmvrutely for that purpose,

ein; inserted in the sleeve 0 or pipe ii and the endfpmfied into the bottle or other vessel The open ntion is as Follows: The cup (I or othervesseleontnining'theliouidtohesprziyed and the connecting-tuhe l) are held in one hand, the cupor YUSStl in an upright position, and the nozzle is inserted in the t hrout of the pol ient or any other place required.

The operator with the other hand then lJHfHhilll. noz

zle in the lirect ion he dehirrs, to throw the.

spray by rotating the tubes A and B around the c011necting-tube D as an axle. The air is then' forced through the air-tube A, ejeeting the spray in the usual manner.

Having thus deseri bed myinvention; what I claim as new, and desire to seeure'by Letters Patent, is

1. In an atoinizing apparatus, the combination of the air-tube A with the 1lq1lid-fi1b0 B,

with the sleeve w, the connecting-tube I), and V the cup C, as described.

for the purpose and substantially 2. In an atomizing' 211)1)zllilhll$,fll(% combination of the separable conneeting-tnbe I), eonstrueted with two curves, with a liquid-tube adapted to be rotated thereon, and with a vessel for containing the liqnill to be sprayed.

In testimony whereof I do hereto subscribe my name, in the presenee of two Witnesses,

this 24th day of September, A. l). 1388.

\Vit'nesses: FRANK \V. Rim-Villas, 'il. IIAR'IUAN'. 

